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Stone Age

A stone that looks as beautiful and old as a Cotswold, but performs better and is less expensive too: indiscernible from a Cotswold in appearance, Old English Old English: see type; English language; Anglo-Saxon literature.
Old English
 or Anglo-Saxon

Language spoken and written in England before AD 1100. It belongs to the Anglo-Frisian group of Germanic languages.
 has an aged face and edge and can be seen here in a random rectangular Manor House pattern. With a thickness of 20mm it is a very hard stone and is much less porous than the alternatives. Old English retails at [pounds sterling]64.63 per m?.

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Wrightstyle

Curtain Walling by Design: the SR system in high quality 316 stainless steel stainless steel: see steel.
stainless steel

Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat.
 was essential to meet the high standards of Arla Foods Arla Foods is a cooperative based in Århus, Denmark and the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia. Arla was formed as the result of a merger between the Swedish dairy cooperative Arla and the Danish dairy company MD Foods on 17 April 2000.  for their new Milk & Dairy production facility. Wright Style Licensed Fabricators, Drawn Metal Ltd of Leeds, have successfully completed this prestigious project. An additional benefit of the SR system in stainless steel was the ability for external capping in aluminium to match adjacent systems.

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Armourcoat

Asprey, the ultimate British luxury lifestyle house, specified Armourcoat Surface Finishes to add the finishing touch to the recent refurbishment of its London flagshop store. Designed by Norman Foster and British interior designer David Mlinaric, the store's original facade of listed eighteenth century houses has been sensitively brought to life under a glass atrium, creating a well thought-out and opulent retail environment. Armourcoat Smooth polished plaster Polished plaster is a term for the finish of some plasters and for the description of new and updated forms of traditional Italian plaster finishes.

The term covers a whole range of decorative plaster finishes - from the very highly polished Venetian plaster and Marmorino to
 has been used to accentuate stunning design features, including a graceful central spiral staircase spiral staircase nescalera de caracol

spiral staircase nescalier m en colimaçon

spiral staircase spiral n
.

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Nova Metals

The new standard for perforated metal ceilings, Nova Metals introduces the range of Gage perforated metal ceilings manufactured from 50 per cent recycled aluminium. Standard designs include five distinctive finishes and 14 different perforation per·fo·ra·tion
n.
1. The act of perforating or the state of being perforated.

2. An abnormal opening in a hollow organ or viscus, as one made by rupture or injury.


Perforation
A hole.
 patterns. Selective and custom designs are also available.

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Surface Design Show 2005

The Surface Design Show 2005 will showcase new products and feature a comprehensive seminar programme with speakers such as Ken Shuttleworth. The Design Laboratory will unveil The Sensory Gateway, a responsive environment, featuring the latest in design materials and surface technologies. Aimed at architects, interior designers and building specifiers, it is the only event dedicated to innovative and inspiring solutions for the interior shell and exterior envelope of a building.

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Beyon

Beyon Beams and storage units have been supplied for Centrica Business Services in Leicester. Vibrant colours are used throughout, which can be seen through glazed panels from one room to the next. One hundred and twenty-six Beyon beams in lengths from 2.9 to 7.25m were specified, catering for between four and ten people. Centrica focus on reducing stress management, and by using the spacious Beyon Beam, neutral colours and uplifting spashes of colour, produce an invigorating in·vig·or·ate  
tr.v. in·vig·or·at·ed, in·vig·or·at·ing, in·vig·or·ates
To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate: "A few whiffs of the raw, strong scent of phlox invigorated her" 
 working environment.

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Potter & Soar

Architectural mesh from Potter & Soar, the UK's leading manufacturer of architectural wiremesh, has been chosen to enhance the facade of the recently completed South Beach shopping mall in Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe.

Miami is a major city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a gamma world city with an estimated population of 404,048.
; 520[m.sup.2] of the company's latest Medway design pre-crimped architectural mesh has been used to create an innovative and striking sunscreen sunscreen /sun·screen/ (-skren) a substance applied to the skin to protect it from the effects of the sun's rays.

sun·screen
n.
, protecting the upper levels of the building from the very strong Florida sunlight. Panels of 2[m.sup.2] have been positioned within a grid to create five irregularly shaped structures, placed randomly at different angles.

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Alcoa

AAP AAP - Association of American Publishers  MERXHEIM has developed DURAGLOSS[R] 5000, a high-tech finish which gives a perfect balance between high gloss and lasting colour, exclusively for the coating of REYNOBOND[R] composite panels. It is a coating composed of a polymer-based resin using the latest technology and of highly durable inorganic pigments which combine the highest standards of aestheticism Aestheticism

Late 19th-century European arts movement that centred on the doctrine that art exists for the sake of its beauty alone. It began in reaction to prevailing utilitarian social philosophies and to the perceived ugliness and philistinism of the industrial age.
 and durability. This innovation provides an interesting alternative when compared with PVDF PVDF polyvinylidene difluoride , particularly with the premium range of metallic shades.

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Date:Feb 1, 2005
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